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Over the first half of 2009, we've notice a disturbing trend in the home theater: Eject buttons are going out of style. A surprising number of disc-playing home ...
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Crave In terms of sheer recording capacity, nothing really comes close to the upcoming Panasonic DIGA DMR-BW970 digital video recorder (DVR). It's possibly the world's first 2TB DVR which can record ...
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Review Blu-ray may have started out as a mess, with confusing "profiles" and painfully slow load times. But beginning this year standalone players have finally gotten their acts together. Sony's entry-level BDP-S360 is typical of the new breed of Blu-ray players. It has the basics covered, with Profile...
Crave Panasonic has developed a full-HD 3D plasma panel and high-precision active shutter glasses for the consumer market. The 50-inch prototype will be unveiled at the Ceatec Japan 2009 tradeshow which ...
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Review Samsung was the first manufacturer with a standalone Blu-ray player, but in 2008 it often felt like the company was struggling to keep up with Panasonic. When Panasonic released the first Profile 2.0 player, Samsung was still shipping Profile 1.1 players with promises that future upgrades would get...
Review DVDs contain a great deal of entertainment, but many people are only getting half of it. Why not just accept that the picture is great and spend some time treating those lugholes of yours? The Panasonic SC-PT870 is a simple home-cinema system in a box, so there's nothing else to buy in order to...
Review Buying any piece of electronics gear is an investment and no where is this more true if you're buying a Samsung Blu-ray player. When the Samsung BD-P1500 was first released, it was a somewhat risky pick due to its S$699 list price, disc compatibility issues, and long list of promised firmware...
Review Standalone Blu-ray players have certainly been held back by confusing Blu-ray profiles and high movie prices, but one of the biggest reasons they haven't taken off is the Sony PlayStation 3. As we mention in nearly every review, the PS3 is an excellent movie player and it offers significantly more...
Review Ever since standalone Blu-ray players hit the market, there's been a great deal of anticipation for an Oppo Blu-ray player, mainly because of the company's reputation for making excellent DVD players. Oppo held out for quite some time, and in retrospect, it was a smart move. Almost all the early...
Review Plasma screens have traditionally been tarred with the "energy hog" brush in the past and in this age of "green washing", a company as reliant on plasma as Panasonic must be a little worried. But instead of sucking its thumb and rocking furiously, the Japanese company has released a new range of...
Features Ceatec is mostly a pure tradeshow in that it's aimed at manufacturers and not the public, but there are still some sights to see for the gadget-obsessed.
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Features If budget is the least of your concern, here's a round up of our home entertainment top picks for the year in each of their product categories.
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Review The Panasonic Viera TH-P50V11 is a high-end plasma TV in the company's 2009 range second only to its flagship Z-series. In fact, both lineups share many identical features, including NeoPDP energy-saving technology, THX certification and Viera Image Viewer. That said, the TH-P50V11 has a smaller...
Review In 2009, it's not enough for a Blu-ray player to just play movie discs. With the ubiquity of online media streaming services, such as YouTube, consumers already expect such players to offer up a wide variety of instant-gratification online media options to complement their HD experience. Its...
Crave Are people as interested in 3D at home as manufacturers think? These IFA-goers appear to be, anyway.
BERLIN, GERMANY--Without a doubt, 3D has garnered the most buzz here at IFA ...
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